Esther 10:1
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And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
In other translations
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Isaiah 24:15Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
- Psalm 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- Luke 2:1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- Esther 8:9Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
- Genesis 10:5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
- Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Daniel 11:18After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.
- Esther 1:1Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
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People and places
People: Ahasuerus